Re: PCI express card that does AP mode? (abit wlp-01?)

Jon Fairbairn
2009-07-16T17:01:20Z

Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> writes:

> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 09:02 +0100, Jon Fairbairn wrote:
>
>> I've seen adverts for the Abit WLP-01, and elsewhere on the net seen
>> implications that it's 168c:001c, which isn't listed at
>> <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices/PCI>, but
>> <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k> does list it and
>> says AP mode not working, but mentions
>> <http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/Compatibility/Abit>, which suggest AP
>> mode works with madwifi. What's the current status?
>
> ath5k will support the AP mode in Linux 2.6.31. It's already in Linux
> 2.6.31-rc3.

Ah, thanks for that. Three questions arise:

Are the pci ids quoted above recognised as needing ath5k?

Is the WLP-01 really ath5k/really have those ids?

The distro I'm using (fedora 11) has 2.6.29 -- will the relevant modules
build for that, or would I have to build a whole 2.6.31?

Thanks.
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Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk